_Charadrius Leschenaultii_ Lesson, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. Levrault,
42, 1826, p. 36. (Type locality, Pondichery, India.)
_Charadrius griseus_ Lesson, Traité d'Ornith., 1831, p. 544
(Oulan).
_Charadrius geoffroyi_ Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 1868, pp. 117, 118 (Pelew); _idem_, Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 1872, p. 89 (Pelew); Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 8,
1875, pp. 5, 31 (Palau).
_Aegialitis geoffroyi_ Salvadori, Ornith. Papuasia, 3, 1882, p.
299 (Ualan, Pelew); Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus.
Dresden, no. 6, 1890-1891 (1891), p. 64 (Pelew, Ualan).
_Ochthodromus geoffroyi_ Sharpe, Cat. Birds British Mus., 24,
1896, p. 217 (Pelew, Ualan); Takatsukasa and Kuroda, Tori, 1,
1915, p. 62 (Pelew).
_Pagoa leschenaultii_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922,
p. 44 (Pelew, Kusaie, Yap).
_Charadrius leschenaultii leschenaultii_ Hand-list Japanese Birds,
rev., 1932, p. 193 (Yap, Kusaie, Palau); Hand-list Japanese Birds,
3d ed., 1942, p. 216 (Yap, Kusaie, Palau).
_Charadrius leschenaultii_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p.
38 (Micronesia); Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15,
1948, p. 51 (Peleliu).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Asia south to Persia. Winters from
Malaysia east to Australia and Melanesia. In Micronesia: Palau
Islands--Peleliu; Caroline Islands--Yap, Kusaie.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 9 (2 males and 7 females), as
follows: Palau Islands, USNM--Peleliu, 7 (Sept. 6-12); AMNH--exact
locality not given, 2 (Nov. 21, 25).
_Remarks._--The Large Sand Dotterel is a regular visitor to the Palau
Islands. It has been recorded also at Yap and Kusaie in the Carolines,
where it may be considered as an uncommon visitor.
At Peleliu, the species was seen on several occasions in September,
1945, by the NAMRU2 party. The birds were found on tidal flats in
company with _Charadrius mongolus stegmanni_ in flocks of 10 to 30
individuals.
=Numenius phaeopus variegatus= (Scopoli)